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Cosmetic Surgery — Why Do Some People Keep Going Back for More? Almost everyone knows someone who has gotten a “nose job.” This is a common type of cosmetic surgery. Having an aberration on your nose is a constant source of unhappiness because it is right in the middle of your face, where you and everyone you look at, sees …

I recently was part of a panel for the West Vancouver Community Foundation. The meeting was geared to seniors and was titled Maintaining Vigor, Vitality and Virility. On the panel with me were my colleagues Larry Dian, geriatrician and Stacy Elliot, sexual medicine expert. The well-known Dr Art Hister moderated. The program was screened on Shaw tv on Sunday 15th …

Nearly 7 million cosmetic procedures took place in the United States in 2002. More women than men have plastic surgery, but lots of men do too. Men account for over 12% of all procedures, and the percentage is rising. It is tempting to think that if people were responsible for their own self-worth, cosmetic surgery would not be the growth …